The Second Great Awakening
The Transformation of American Evangelicalism
Thomas S. Kidd(Author)
Yale University Press
Will be published approx. on 13. April 2027
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-0-300-27275-8 (ISBN)
Description
From a leading historian, a sweeping account of the Second Great Awakening, one of the most significant eras of religious change in American history
The Second Great Awakening, spanning from roughly 1790 to 1840, was the greatest period of Protestant growth in U.S. history. Marked by spectacular revivals, it dramatically changed the denominational landscape, elevating Baptists and Methodists from minor sects to America's leading denominations. It also witnessed a mass conversion of African Americans to Christianity, spurred advancements in education and benevolent societies, fostered the burgeoning print trade, and helped to organize the frontier. Moreover, this period saw significant schisms within Protestant denominations over the issue of slavery.
In this first-ever comprehensive history of the Second Great Awakening, celebrated historian Thomas S. Kidd tells the dramatic story of this epochal period. Ranging from the United States to still-monarchical Canada and the British Caribbean, Kidd
* challenges the conventional view that the Second Great Awakening was a monolithic wave of democratization and
* portrays a period riddled with divisions, both regional and doctrinal, that prefigured the fissures leading to the Civil War.
A follow-up to Kidd's influential book The Great Awakening: The Roots of Evangelical Religion in Colonial America, this meticulously researched account provides invaluable insights into this pivotal period in American religious history.
The Second Great Awakening, spanning from roughly 1790 to 1840, was the greatest period of Protestant growth in U.S. history. Marked by spectacular revivals, it dramatically changed the denominational landscape, elevating Baptists and Methodists from minor sects to America's leading denominations. It also witnessed a mass conversion of African Americans to Christianity, spurred advancements in education and benevolent societies, fostered the burgeoning print trade, and helped to organize the frontier. Moreover, this period saw significant schisms within Protestant denominations over the issue of slavery.
In this first-ever comprehensive history of the Second Great Awakening, celebrated historian Thomas S. Kidd tells the dramatic story of this epochal period. Ranging from the United States to still-monarchical Canada and the British Caribbean, Kidd
* challenges the conventional view that the Second Great Awakening was a monolithic wave of democratization and
* portrays a period riddled with divisions, both regional and doctrinal, that prefigured the fissures leading to the Civil War.
A follow-up to Kidd's influential book The Great Awakening: The Roots of Evangelical Religion in Colonial America, this meticulously researched account provides invaluable insights into this pivotal period in American religious history.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
6 b-w illus.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-300-27275-8 (9780300272758)
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Person
Thomas S. Kidd is research professor of church history at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and senior research scholar at Baylor University's Institute for Studies of Religion. He is the author of many books, including Thomas Jefferson: A Biography of Spirit and Flesh.